释义 |
in re I. \-ˈrā, -ˈrē\ adverb or in re·bus \-ˈrābəs, -ˈrēb-\ Etymology: in re from Latin, in the thing; in rebus from Latin, in the things 1. : in the individual : in the particular existing thing < many metaphysicians hold that universals exist in re > — see avicennism; compare realism 2. : in something existing outside the mind 3. : in the real world II. preposition Etymology: Latin : in the matter of : concerning, re — often used in the title or name of a case where the proceeding is in rem or quasi in rem and not in personam (as in a matter involving a probate or bankrupt estate, a guardianship, or an application for laying out a public highway) and occasionally in the title or name of an ex parte proceeding (as in an application for a writ of habeas corpus) |